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From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch)
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Subject: Re: Dictionaries: American Heritage for etymologies!
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Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 13:58:29 EST
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> I have been quite impressed with the American Heritage Standard dictionary
> for its etymologies and especially for the section on Proto-
> Indo-European roots in the back.  (I don't think the collegiate version has
> the Indo-European section.)
The new edition of the American Heritage Dictionary does NOT have the Indo-
European roots (alas and alack).  Those of you wanting such a thing please
be sure you have the right one.  Otherwise, buy Partridge's Dictionary of
word Origins, or Skeats's (I forget the title), or others.  The organization
of the AH's appendix is kind of nice, however:  each root points to related
entries in the main body.
-- 
Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)
The opinions expressed above are accidents.